Filling out iBooks author metadata in inspector

When filling out the inspector document info for the title is there a way to see all that you have just typed in to make sure everything is correct. It seems the field only shows three or four words. How can I edit it? Also, I have a subtitle, am I supposed to include it on that line also after the title?

I am no iBA guru Jimmy, I work be trial and error to find what works for me.
The questions was about titels and sub titles. The inspector doc option is "Title" so obvioulsy there is no field for a sub  title.  My post clearly explains what I do, so  having a none hypenated title is just that.. a title. Fo rteh 'Author"  hypenating as I  explained is simly a note if you like.
The only place for a sub title is during the delivery process. 
I am not  sure it was the same post.. but  you and henmning(?) had an exchange about  metatdata  to the effect that  filling in the Doc information was wasted, you were correct in your response, and if the .iBA files is changed to a zip and opened, the metadata can be  found in the index.xml file.
And as you say is used when searching the store.
Title, Decription, and Keywords are the basic metatdata in any webpage

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